Page 25 - 83 Billion News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> i think an escalation of the war would be a big mistake. this all comes from the yemeni civil war where saudi arabia, involved in bombing civilians and it's back and forth. the answer is to try to have a negotiated cease-fire and peace in yemen and bombing iran wouldn't do that. iran's military spending is about $17 billion. saudi arabia spends about 83 billion dollars. t really the saudis and their allies dwarf the spending of iran and this is a regional conflict that there's no reason the super power of the united states needs to be getting into bombing mainland iran. it would be a needle...

Pompeo. >> i think an escalation of the war is a big mistake. this is from the em -- the yemeni civil war and the houthis are supported by the iranians so it is back and forth but the answer is trying to have a negotiated ceasefire and peace in yemen and bombing iran won't do that. and iran's military spending is about $17 billion. saudi arabia spends about $83 billion. the gulf sheikhdoms around saudi arabia spend another $50 billion and so really the saudis and allies dwarf the spending of iran and this is a regional conflict there is no reason the super-power of the united states needs to g...

$16 billion to various territories and states last year, 83 billion which was supposed to go to puerto rico for disaster preparation and prevention. guess what? the administration is actually delaying those funds because, as they quote, concerns of corruption. so not only will puerto rico not have the type of response they should get under our laws and policies as it relates to fema, they also haven't received funding that would put them in the best position to be prepared for future storms. this is down the line and i do hope congress does something about this. >> thanks to all of you. so s...

Probably the majority. >> it's a lot of money. out of the 82 charitable hospitals, $2 billion worth of research grants flowed from federal agencies, and we estimate that the 82 charitable hospitals did $83 billion last year inea medicaid and medicare billings, so it is a substantial amount of money, probably about one-third of the revenue comes directly from government. >> tucker: and they are rewarding themselves over $10 million a year. am i missing something, or is that -- >> no, you got it. and we found charities operating in hospitals all over the country participating in this. i in chica...

Federal or state government? probably the majority. speak with a lot of money. out of the 82 charitable hospitals, research grants flowed from federal agencies, and we estimate that the 82 charitable hospitals did $83 billion last year in medicaid and medicare billings, so it is a substantial amount of money, probably about one-third of the revenue comes for directly from government. >> tucker: and they are rewarding themselves over $10 million a year. am i missing something, or is that -- >> no, you got it. and we found charities operating in hospitals all over the country participating in th...